Pipe holder



PIPE HOLDER Filed sept. 14. 19:52

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Liil'it PIPE HOLDER Elmer Raymond Littell, St. Bernard, Ohio ApplicationSeptember 14, 1932, Serial No. 633,066

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a certain new and useful article ofmanufacture in the form of a portable pipe holder or balancer. Thematerial that is preferably employed is ilexible rubber although othersuitable materials might be used if found advisable. A majority of pipesmokers rind considerable annoyance in trying to rest on a table orother object a pipe with a round or curved smooth bowl. My invention isdesigned to be easily detachably attached to the bowl of the pipe,

when and where it is desired to rest the pipe on any object; and thedevice can be easily removed from the pipe when the pipe is not in use.

Under present conditions a pipe smoker each and every time he desires toset his pipe down without spilling the contents or tipping the bowl,must approach, look for or be near some nonportable ash tray, or l.piperack or stand of some kind. My inventionA owing to its compact form, 20small size and light weight can be carried on the person in the vestpocket of the smoker at all times enabling him to set aside the pipewithout spilling or tipping it.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple `vest pocket devicewhich can easily be attached to or detached from a pipe and will holdthe pipe in any desired position when placed on a table or any othersurface.

A further object is to provide the base of the holder with a weightmolded therein to aid in the support of the pipe in a balanced uprightposition.

A still further object is to provide the base with suitable ribs orcorrugations to present a roughened surface to that part of the holderwhich makes possible the balance, and contacts with the surface on whichthe device is placed.

My invention will be further readily understood from the followingdescription and claims and from the drawing, in which latter:- Fig. 1 isa side elevation of my device attached to a pipe and resting on asuitable surface,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my device,

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same taken in the plane of theline 3--3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a similar view of a modified form of my invention, and;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a still further modication.

5.0 My device comprises a hat base 11 of any size or shape, providedwith an integrally molded flexible vacuum cup 12 extending upwardlytherefrom and comprising a concave recess 13 arranged to be attached tothe smooth bowl of any pipe 14.

In the modication shown in Fig. 4 I provide a weighted core 15 in thebase 11 to aid in giving the device more balance and preventing the pipefrom being overturned.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a further modiiication in that the base 11 isprovided with ribs 16 to give the base a greater frictional contact vththe surface it is placed upon.

In using my device, which can be easily carried on the person in thepocket or kept in a convenient place owing to its compact form, smallsize and weight, the user meistens the concave cup 13 and presses itagainst the bowl of the pipe for forcing out the air therein andcreating a suction on the pipe bowl thus rmly holding the device to anyportion oi the pipe bowl. With the attached base, the pipe can then beplaced with the bowl upright on any surface, whether it be the arm of achair, a table or in fact any surface where it is handy to rest thepipe. The base 11 is adapted to alford rests at the opposite sides ofthe vertical center of the bowl and having, as shown, a substantiallyflat under surface and a lateral straight edge portion, the corners ofwhich, that is, those portions located beyond said vertical center arealigned, it will be seen that when the pipe is positioned with thecenter vertical plane of the bowl and stem substantially in a planenormal to a supporting surface the contacting under surface or lateraledge or corners at the edge portion will prevent sidewise rolling overof the pipe.

The flat base portion extending about the vacuum cup will balance thepipe and maintain the bowl thereof in an upright position preventingspilling of the ashes or burning tobacco.

I am aware that vacuum cups are used extensively to attach articles tovarious surfaces but my invention is based on the combined features ofthe vacuum cup extending from a iiat base, which base balances the pipe,and the cup is merely used to form a suitable detachable attachment tothe pipe bowl.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A holder for smoking pipes having the usual bowl and stem portions,comprising a suction cup adapted to engage any portion of the base ofthe pipe bowl and shank to constitute a portable detachable connectiontherewith, and laterally projecting supporting base portions on the cupadapted to afford rests at the opposite sides of the vertical center ofthe bowl, said base portions having a substantially flat undersurface, alateral adapted to afford rests at the opposite sides of the verticalcenter of the bowl, said base portions having a substantially at undersurface, a lateral edge of which has its corners lying in a straightline substantially coincident with the periphery of said lateral edgewhereby when the pipe is positioned with the center vertical plane ofthe bowl and stern substantially in a plane normal to a supportingsurface the contacted under surface or corners at the edge will preventlsidewise rolling over of the pipe.

ELMER RAYMOND LITTELL.

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